Requirements for the Power of Attorney to Be Notarized Outside Russia in Order to Obtain

Requirements for the power of attorney to be notarized outside Russia in order to obtain police clearance

Issuance of power of attorney

ThepowerofattorneymustbeinconformitywiththegeneralrequirementsoftheRFlawswithregardtosuchdocuments, i.e.:

the power of attorneymusthavenoerasures, additions, crossed out words or other non-stipulated amendments;

if there are more than one page in the power of attorney, all pages must be stitched, numbered and sealed;

theissue dateof thepowerofattorney(the one at the top of the document) must be the same as the date of its notarization (the one at the bottom);

thepowerofattorneymadeina foreign language (whether in whole or in part) must be translated into Russian and such translation must be certified by a notary in the Russian Federation (you can order the translation in RS-CENTERseparately).

Attention! AgenciesoftheRFMinistryofInteriorcandeclineyourapplicationforpoliceclearanceshouldthepowerofattorneybeformalizedincorrectly.

Legalization of power of attorney

Legalization of power of attorney notarized in the following countries is not required:

Abkhazia
Azerbaijan
Albania
Armenia
Belarus
Bulgaria
Hungary
Vietnam
Georgia
Kazakhstan / Kirghizia
DPRK
Cuba
Latvia
Lithuania
Macedonia
Moldavia
Poland
Romania
Serbia / Slovakia
Slovenia
Tadjikistan
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Ukraine
Croatia
Montenegro
Czech Republic
Estonia

ThepowerofattorneyisacceptedbytheagenciesoftheRussianMinistryofInteriorAffairs as an official document that requires no special legalization.

Legal ground: Convention on Legal Assistance and Legal Relations in Civil, Family and Criminal Casessignedon22 January 1993 inMinsk, aswellasbilateralagreementsforlegalassistancetowhichRussiaisaparty.

The power of attorney notarized in the following countries must be sealed with apostille:

Australia
Austria
Andorra
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brunei Darussalam
Vanuatu
Great Britain
Venezuela
Germany
Honduras
Grenada
Greece
Denmark
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Israel / India
Ireland
Iceland
Spain
Italy
Cyprus
China (Hong Kong and Macao)
Columbia
Republic of Korea
Cook Islands
Lesotho
Liberia
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Mauritius
Malawi
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mexico
Monaco
Namibia
Netherlands
Niue / New Zealand
Norway
Panama
Portugal
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Swaziland
Seychelles
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
USA
Surinam
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey
Fiji
Finland
France
Switzerland
Sweden
Ecuador
El Salvador
Republic of South Africa
Japan

Onlypowersofattorneysealed with apostille areacceptedbytheagenciesoftheRussianMinistryofInterior Affairs.

Legalground: Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents signed on 5 October 1961 in Hague.

Consular legalization required

ThepowerofattorneynotarizedoutsidetheRFinacountrywhichisnotincludedintheforegoinglists,canbeacceptedbytheagenciesoftheRussianMinistryofInterior Affairs only if it has undergone consular legalization. The final stage in such legalization process is the certification in the Russian consulate of the relevant country.

Attention!

Thepowerofattorneycanbelegalizedonlyin the country where it has been issued. For the avoidance of doubt, pleaseask the RF consulate or the competent authorities of the country where the power of attorney has been issued for clarification as to thelegalizationrequirements.

Grantor

Either one individual or a group of individuals (two or more) can act as a grantor.

Whenaminororanindividualplacedunderguardianshipactsasagrantor, thepowerofattorneymustindicatethathe/sheis “actingupontheconsentofhis/herfather, mother, adoptiveparentorlegitimaterepresentative”. Insuchcasewerequirethatscanned copies (photocopies) ofthedocumentsattesting to the kinship, guardianship or adoption is made available to us.

Attorney

Twoindividualsmentionedintheattached samplemustbespecifiedastheattorneyssoastoenableoneofthemtotakeall actions required in order to obtain police clearance in the absence of the other. Otherwise (whenonlyoneattorneyisspecified) the fulfillment of the instruction may require more time.

Validity term

We recommend to specify the period of three months as the validity term of the power of attorney. Should yourequirethepoliceclearanceonregularbasis, you may have it issued for the period of three years and just phone us to order it without paying extra costs for legalization, dispatch or notarized translation.

The power of attorney must be sent to the following address:

17-1 Nikolskaya Street, Third Floor, Office 7, the city of Moscow, 109012, the Russian Federation, Representative Service Ltd. telephone: +7 495 660-12-78, +7 495 796 75 87, e-mail: web:

POWER OF ATTORNEY

United States of America

First day of January of the year two thousand ten

I, Ivanov, IvanIvanovich, bornon01 January 1911inthetownofYelets, IvanovoRegion, citizenoftheRussianFederation, male, passport 09 87 654321 issued by the Department of the Federal Migration Service in Yelets, Ivanovo Region on 31 December 1933, subdivision code 123-321, registered in the Russian Federation at the following address: Ivanovo Region, town of Yelets, Solnechnaya Street 1;foreign travel passport 51 № 6543210 issuedon 31 December 1973 byDepartment 321 of the Federal Migration Service, presently residing in the USA at the following address: New York, East 51st Street 100, ap.50Z,hereby severally authorize:

Bulanova, TatianaTrofimovna, bornon19 July 1961 inTrunovskoyeVillageofTrunovskyDistrictof Stavropol Territory, citizen of the Russian Federation, female, passport 45 08 752668 issued by the Interior Department of Biryulevo Vostochnoye Sub-District, Moscow, on 06 September 2006, subdivision code 772-067, registered at the following address: Moscow, Lebedyanskaya Street 36, bldg. 1, ap. 24;and

Kosilko, Nikolay Mikhailovich, bornon21December1949inthesettlement of Kashino of Pleschenskiy district of Minsk region, citizenoftheRussianFederation, male, passport45 99 807605issuedbyPolice Department No. 43 of District Administration of internal affairs No.2 of Central Administrative District, Moscow on 08 December1999, subdivision code 773-043, registered at the following address: Moscow, Ozernaya Street 13, bldg. 1, ap. 3,

toobtainintheagenciesoftheMinistryofInteriorAffairs oftheRussianFederation(RussianMinistryofInterior Affairs), includingMain Information and Analysis Center of the RF Ministry of Interior, Moscow Information Center of the Main Directorate ofthe RF Ministry of Interior and Moscow Region Information Center of the Main Directorate ofthe RF Ministry of Interior mypoliceclearancecertificateorotherdocumentsdrawnupinaccordancewithestablishedorderandattestingtothefactthatIhavenotbeenbroughttoanycriminalliability, aswellastomycleancourtrecord,

andforthispurposeIauthorizetheforegoingindividualstosubmitandobtaintherequisitereferenceletters, certificatesordocuments, makestatementsonmybehalf, pay fees or duties, sign documents on my behalf and carry out all other actions pertaining to this instruction.

Thispowerofattorneyhasbeenissuedfortheperiodof 3 (three) monthswithout the right of substitution of powers granted hereunder.

Grantor /signature/

Notary / certificate of proof, date and signature /